Trademarked cocktails make me want to go out of my way to make them without the ingredient owned by the trademark holders. You'll never see goslings in my dark n storms. You'll never see a painkiller made by me by the books either.
The Trademarks are all pretty dubious too. There’s actually a case that the Dark and Stormy trademark doesn’t even apply to the cocktail and is thus unenforceable in the context they try to use it.
Anders, just stumbled upon your channel last week when I fell into a Mai tai kick and you keep dropping all kinds of the other wonderful island/summer drinks as well, and I really appreciate that! That is all, carry on!
Curious, what rums do you prefer in your mai tais? I haven't had a chance yet to try one, still gotta get the modifiers, but I picked up a bottle of denizen merchant reserve to try with it. To my palate that rum has grassy notes and a banana and sugar note that stretch for days.
Drinking this at the Soggy Dollar totally turned me on to Tiki-type drinks. I went for a brutal run up and down the super steep roads there then just started crushing these! It was paradise and I was hooked!
Painkiller is my favorite cocktail. I actually really enjoy the flavor profile of Pusser's and this mix just takes it to a whole new level. Great drink.
I have been hoping you would do this one for awhile now. This is my wife’s favorite drink. About a year ago I couldn’t find Pusser’s rum anywhere for months and I had no idea what to replace it with. After several tries we finally landed on Pyrat rum being her next favorite. Can’t wait to get home and make this version for her.
Made this into a punch, using some acid adjusted pineapple juice and it was a HIT! 20 oz rum 15 oz pineapple juice ("regular") 15 oz acid adjusted pineapple juice 10 oz coconut cream 10 oz orange juice Throw in a blender (I have a Vitawmix, 2 litres capacity) on low-med to mix the coconut cream well. Pour over crushed ice. Throw in your garnish, a straw... That's it! Thank you Anders for the inspiration, I really do like your channel and content. Cheers!
I like How to Drink, but he takes too long to get to the point...and Anders is by far the better bartender. But the how To Drink guy is super chill and has good content.
Literally came home an hour ago from my first bar supply run to be able to make some of your cocktails. And now you post a new recipe that I now have all the ingredients for … amazing!
@hockey_hungry mai tai is a good place to start of you haven't already. Just demerara simple, lime juice, orgeat, dry curacao and rum. If you go with denizen merchant reserve, you only need the one bottle.
I usually make my PKs with Plantation 5 year and it's probably my favorite cocktail; I'll definitely have to try this combination! Occasionally I like to add an ounce of amaretto as well since I enjoy how that sweet almond flavor plays with the other ingredients, but that might just be craziness on my part.
We make nilla killas ( Sapphire beach bar st thomas version ) We learned the recipe on our honeymoon pretty much same except sub. Blue Chair Bay vanilla rum for the dark rums . Awesome video !
For me the thing about Smith & Cross is not the overripe banana funk but the grapefruit rind bitterness. I don't care for it on it's own but since I've come to like the Jungle Bird with it's Campari bitterness, I can see how S&C could work in a sweet fruity cocktail. I don't like it in my mai tai. I use Appleton 12 and Pusser's Gunpowder Proof for that.
Anders, this is one of the best Painkiller recipes around! Thank you! I've been enjoying them (probably too much) I've found it is also delicious with 0.5-0.75oz of mezcal, Tonka bean garnish rather than nutmeg, and a mezcal spritz to garnish. Maybe I'm a philistine for enjoying the extra smokey layers but regardless, thanks for all your work.
I, too, make a drink exactly like a Painkiller but without Pusser's Rum. Also, I have a hack for drinks that call for navy strength rum when I don't have that. If you take one-half 151 rum and one-half 80 proof rum, the result will be 115.5 proof, which qualifies as navy strength.
Wow, I’m on vacation at a cottage in the kawarthas with my bar kit and allllll the ingredients. I planned on making this tomorrow and here we are. What timing. Thanks Anders!
I think you and az are my fave bartender channel. You present the information in the best way. The history.. insight into the cocktails and the humor keep me watching! Definitely make az show her opinions! She's great!
Started follow your channel a couple of months ago and soon found out that there is so much moore than Rom & Coke out there. Now I have a stacked bar, quite a few bar-tools and I have tasted far moore different kind cocktails than the first 46 years of my life. Thank you for the inspiration and keep the episodes comming.
One of my favorites for sure! I have not made this with two rums yet, so I'll definitely go that route this time. Also, Smith & Cross is my go-to sipping rum since it has so much character, and a proper sipper ABV to boot! Since I am far too lazy to break down pineapple all the time, I find Dole juice works just fine. But I do indeed grate the nutmeg. :) Thanks for bring this one back into the spotlight, Anders! I just so happen to have some coconut milk and a metric ton of sugar on hand for the syrup.
I made one of these last night and used the Pussers rum. It was ok. I still like the Liber & Co pina colada recipe found on their toasted coconut syrup bottle. That is a great recipe!
I started my channel with the painkiller and did not use Pussers! Well, I got a called out from the start. i just fixed it an my anniversary special! My favorite cocktail, no matter what you make it with. Mahalo for the fun video! Cheers!
I love making Painkillers in summer. I'll be throwing a party on the 4th of July...pure coincidence tbh, and I'll definitely make half a dozen in preparation for that. Thanks for the video and I wish you a relaxing weekend!
The whole story about why painkiller became pkny is pretty spot on. Many moons ago when I worked at the main bar of the owners they where pretty successful with the place and the painkillers was the bestseller. They changed it to avoid the lawsuit because an invester got wind of the trademarked name and the operators wanted to keep going as long as Pusser's alowed them. The investor put it to a vetoand went whith pkny. Bar remaind really profitable from what I heard. The main thing was that the maintenance was expensive and some key people left the bar in order to work at other bar(s) + the audience at the Lower east side where way different than the ones at the main bar.........
The Painkiller is the best argument against copyrighted cocktails. People claim that a copyright protects the intellectual property of the bartender, but the Painkiller copyright was claimed by someone who stole the recipe and then used it to promote their own rum. Pusser's rum gets famous while there isn't even a photograph of the Painkiller's actual creator, Daphne Henderson, anywhere online.
Hi, Anders and Az! Thank you so much for posting this recipe. I’ve loved the Painkiller since the first time I ever had it at Flask & Cannon in Jacksonville Beach. They go through a lot of Pusser’s there! I just made your recipe for the first time and it’s divine! I also made your Painkiller-based mocktail for my mom the other night, who doesn’t drink. She wolfed down two of them, while my dad and I had a Vieux Carré and a Creole (gettin’ ready for Mardi Gras). Thanks again!
Thanks for this one Anders. I made one with Smith and Cross, El Dorado 12-year. Exquisite. I'll want one every evening, but I know better. I don't want to get tired of it.
Soggy dollar bar made me fall in love with this drink. And the beach is absolutely beautiful. Also of note another famous bar on the same beach called One Love had a very tasty frozen Bushwacker.
Awesome video all around! This is one of my favourite drinks and I’m totally making this today! The best part that I literally laughed out loud… “I love rum! There I said it!”. I too love rum and you are not alone Anders! LOL!!!
This is my go to painkiller riff and one of my favorite drinks. I have a handfull of painkiller variants I keep in rotation. Christmas in July 1 oz Dr Bird (something blended that brings funk + nose, S+C works here also as well as a bunch of much more expensive choices) 1 oz Plantation XO (anything smooth that will "get out of the way" and bring roundness to the rum blend, the dosage in this actually works well so I recommend something dosed) 1 oz Diplomatico Reserva (This one really brings out the spice) 2 oz pineapple juice 1 oz cream of coconut .5 all spice dram flash blend and dirty pour with pebble ice, top with crushed ice garnish with pineapple fronds and grated nutmeg If keeping the citrus, I find clementine juice works quite well in a painkiller but I generally do .75 vs 1 oz.
Recently discovered both your channel and the "not a painkiller". I didn't have nutmeg around when I was making it at home and threw a couple dashes of Ango on there, and it's great.
I love the painkiller but now I realize I didn't because it wasn't made with Pusser's rum! But I really do want to continue trying the painkiller and yet I don't think I have access to Pusser's rum! I love the Eldorado rum and Smith and Cross, yet it's another one we have huge trouble accessing - so frustrating. Time for a trip across the border to get some Pusser's rum and maybe I will find it more easily. Usually I dislike orange juice in any kind of cocktail but I do love this cocktail and the orange juice works beautifully! The dusting with nutmeg is so lovely! Cheers Anders! Oh - fabulous to see that you have a video dedicated to rum for this week - off to watch it!
I've been enjoying your tropical drinks lately on your channel, making me miss the hawaiian sunburn at the cheeseburger in paradise on Waikiki Beach from my last vacation
Smith and Cross is my favourite rum. I spent some time researching how to find the best navy style Jamaican rum and the results came to Smith and Cross. The company is also from Deptford and I lived just up the road from there for a long time. A fabulous rum and everyone should try it
I'm with you on the Smith & Cross, Anders. Bring on da funk! Just curious: have you tried acid-adjusted pineapple juice in this or other tiki cocktails? It's a subtle but significant improvement, in my opinion.
This is awesome, even before I watched the video! We are celebrating midsummer here in Sweden and I thought that the perfect Summer drink for me would be "NOT" a painkiller. So, long story short, I am drunk from a lot of "NOT" a painkiller!
Anders I have been dying for a painkiller....lol. I'm still going to live vicariously through you and have this drink virtually. 😂🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹. That is, until I can get into a bar somewhere here tomorrow, possibly one called Bourbon, and demand one....😂
I've been to the Soggy Dollar on several occasions and the Painkiller is amazing. You should do the NIlla Killa. It's a riff with some extra vanilla flavor in it and it"s amazing!
Just found out about this drink last week and made a batch over the weekend. I did use the Pusser's rum and fresh nutmeg. Searched for a video of you making one, but couldn't find it. Thanks for posting this today!
I just got a bartender/mixologist job at a high end bar in my city even though I’ve never been a bartender before, only home bar, but All I learned thru the years is because of you, the educated barfly, Steve and the other TH-cam channels, I didn’t need to go to bartender school, I learned from the best!! The cocktail director at the bar saw my instagram page and was impressed, I’m starting tomorrow! If you could give me advice on something what would it be?
I have to give you credit. For almost 20 years I have been rum averse. I have regularly kept a semi-stocked home bar for making cocktails, but I almost never had a bottle of rum on hand (Which is kinda weird because I truly appreciate booze history and culture, and rum has tons of it). I think I just had one too many rum and cokes in my late-teens... But since I have been binge watching your channel I have ended up with at least four different bottles of rum on my bar, but they've been going quickly because I have only recently discovered just how good a well-made Mai Tai can be!
I didn't realize that cocktails were trademarked. Does this apply to whether or not you can sell them by that name? Are there cocktail police that show up and give bartenders citations? I'm not a professional bartender, (my knees wouldn't hold up), but I just use the rum I have on hand. In this case I will use Hamilton demerara and Appleton Jamaican. I should draw the shades though I suppose... just in case they're watching me.
The name of a cocktail can be trademarked, not the recipe. You can make the cocktail all you want. You can use different rums. You're just not supposed to call it by the trademarked name. It's like making a lemon-lime soda, and not being allowed to call it "Sprite™"
Introduced to the Painkiller back around 1995 at the Pusser's Rum restaurant on St. John, USVI. I barely recall them making them in varying alcohol levels. Been chasing that dragon ever since.
Great episode. Painkiller is a house favourite here. I just prefer the drink in a double old fashioned on the rocks. Also, thanks for coming out on the rum loving. Have pride; We're with you.
I recently saw a tiki tock video of a painkiller be made at the soggy dollar bar and they don't use pussers they used soggy dollar dark rum. PS I have always used S&C in my painkillers but will have to give that split base a try. Love the videos keep up the good work.
Oh wow. I'm on my second for the evening (and am feeling it), the first made with Plantation Dark and Coruba Dark for some funk (I've got no Demerara rum on hand), and the second made with Appleton 8 and Sailor Jerry spiced because hey, why not. Unfortunately I'm having to use store bought juices but your recipe for cremé of coconut. Gotta say, I'm now having a VERY smooth and relaxed night. Cheers 🥂
The painkiller was the first tiki cocktail I fell in love with and that started me down the path of tiki, which I've explored extensively since then. Still one of my most favorite tiki cocktails.
I love rum too. I also have a cup or several cups from the soggy dollar with the recipe printed on it. I have a photo with myself and Jerry. On the shelf there are several bottles of the Soggy Dollar dark rum. But they use Old Nick Dark Rum I can't get that here so I've used Captain Morgan Black Rum and Cruzan Blackstrap. Both very heavenly molasses and vanilla flavor.
“Today I’m making a painkiller… well it’s not actually a painkiller, it’s more my riff on a painkiller… Actually it’s not even a riff on a painkiller it would probably be counted as a completely different cocktail… Actually I’m not even sure this counts as a cocktail, it’s just my own invention… Actually I’m not even sure I’m real… *cardboard cutout of Anders falls over* ”
I enjoy both however I too prefer a good PC over the PK. I really enjoy the taste and texture of the coconut and since the PC is heavier on the coconut...winner winner, chicken dinner. Then again when I mix I use Zaya Rum for the base of the drink and a float of the Pusser's.
I used to work for Pusser’s. I made lots of Pusser’s Painkillers (tm). Hey, Chuck, if you are still out there, hi! The Chuck Tobias story is so typical of him.
~~Head in hand~~ I don't even drink alcohol...none, nothing, ever...and not only did I watch this great video but it made me want to try a "kainpiller".
Funny enough Anders, I was literally thinking about the Painkiller 💊 I usually add a tiny drop of spiced Tiki Fire rum in my Painkiller blend. Happy Friday bro
I love Pina Coladas but I hate working with blenders and I love my own cracked ice, so I adapted this to make my own shaken version of it, I just switch the OJ ounce with more pineapple juice, I go a little heavier on the cream of coconut to get a little more coconut flavor (and satisfy my sweet tooth). And I keep the fresh nutmeg, it adds so much. I also almost always use S&C, but in the rare event I want a lower octane and sweeter drink I go with Plantation 5-year because it has a sharper nose than the low proof would suggest so it's not completely buried by the fruit and makes a sweeter impression, I guess thanks to the Ferrand casks. Pusser's is good, but I hate overly litigious companies and I just can't bring myself to buy a bottle.
Freezing the pineapple fronds????? Genius!!!! (at my home bar I save the pineapple top w fronds in a bag in the fridge, but still has pretty short life in there) Cheers
Hands up if you don’t like being told what to do 🙋♂️
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I stopped buying Pussers, the whole concept of owning a cocktail recipe is so stupid. No Rules!
There is irony hidden in that request.
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Trademarked cocktails make me want to go out of my way to make them without the ingredient owned by the trademark holders. You'll never see goslings in my dark n storms. You'll never see a painkiller made by me by the books either.
Also they literally don't sell pusser's in my state so I couldn't even if I wanted to
Agreed.
The Trademarks are all pretty dubious too.
There’s actually a case that the Dark and Stormy trademark doesn’t even apply to the cocktail and is thus unenforceable in the context they try to use it.
"Then it's not a TRUE ___"
Like ok man, just drink your drink.
Same especially with dark n Stormy's cause goslings rum is trash 🤣
Best cocktail channel on TH-cam. Wish we could get two episodes a week! 🥰
Haha - we'd need a bigger team for two a week! Thank you so much!
I’m happy with quality over quantity!
Anders, just stumbled upon your channel last week when I fell into a Mai tai kick and you keep dropping all kinds of the other wonderful island/summer drinks as well, and I really appreciate that! That is all, carry on!
Thanks! Happy you found the channel - Cheers!
If you're not making your own orgeat for your Mai Tai's yet, Anders has a great recipe on the channel, along with several other great syrups.
Bro same! He’s the best !
Curious, what rums do you prefer in your mai tais? I haven't had a chance yet to try one, still gotta get the modifiers, but I picked up a bottle of denizen merchant reserve to try with it. To my palate that rum has grassy notes and a banana and sugar note that stretch for days.
Drinking this at the Soggy Dollar totally turned me on to Tiki-type drinks. I went for a brutal run up and down the super steep roads there then just started crushing these! It was paradise and I was hooked!
Nothing better to work up your thirst than swimming up to the Soggy Dollar
The BVI was the best! Pussers painkillers had me flying high the whole time. Still my favorite drink to make at home for tropical drinks. Cheers
Painkiller is my favorite cocktail. I actually really enjoy the flavor profile of Pusser's and this mix just takes it to a whole new level. Great drink.
I have been hoping you would do this one for awhile now. This is my wife’s favorite drink. About a year ago I couldn’t find Pusser’s rum anywhere for months and I had no idea what to replace it with. After several tries we finally landed on Pyrat rum being her next favorite. Can’t wait to get home and make this version for her.
Hope you both love it! Cheers!
I’m a fan of Plantation 3 Star white rum in mine.
I also love rum. And your choice of rum here is **chefs kiss** as always.
Love the longer form cocktail history lesson in this one. You’re so engaging, would love to hear you talk this long in future
Thanks for another great recipe Anders! Keep the tropical/summer drinks coming please 😁
Made this into a punch, using some acid adjusted pineapple juice and it was a HIT!
20 oz rum
15 oz pineapple juice ("regular")
15 oz acid adjusted pineapple juice
10 oz coconut cream
10 oz orange juice
Throw in a blender (I have a Vitawmix, 2 litres capacity) on low-med to mix the coconut cream well.
Pour over crushed ice. Throw in your garnish, a straw... That's it!
Thank you Anders for the inspiration, I really do like your channel and content. Cheers!
I'll be the brave one...
THAT'S DEFINITELY A PAINKILLER
COME AT ME, POWERS THAT BE!
I AWAIT YOUR CHALLENGE.
Haha love it. Cheers to you, Bryan!
Been watching a lot of How To Drink and you are the first bartending channel I've watched that matches the vibes
Loved the video
I like How to Drink, but he takes too long to get to the point...and Anders is by far the better bartender. But the how To Drink guy is super chill and has good content.
@@jonathanwilliams1974 I love his ramblings so to each his own
@@Kirnockerbam107 Yeah I get it. Depends if I just want to learn a drink, or be entertained. There's room for both.
The day we went to the soggy dollar bar was the best day of our entire cruise! After a few painkillers, it was a tough swim back to our charter!
Literally came home an hour ago from my first bar supply run to be able to make some of your cocktails. And now you post a new recipe that I now have all the ingredients for … amazing!
Eyyy nice. I need to do this soon. Just sooo many different ingredients for these drinks
@hockey_hungry mai tai is a good place to start of you haven't already. Just demerara simple, lime juice, orgeat, dry curacao and rum. If you go with denizen merchant reserve, you only need the one bottle.
I usually make my PKs with Plantation 5 year and it's probably my favorite cocktail; I'll definitely have to try this combination!
Occasionally I like to add an ounce of amaretto as well since I enjoy how that sweet almond flavor plays with the other ingredients, but that might just be craziness on my part.
Bless the algorithm! I love cocktails and your videos not only show how to make it but the history. Subbed!
We make nilla killas ( Sapphire beach bar st thomas version ) We learned the recipe on our honeymoon pretty much same except sub. Blue Chair Bay vanilla rum for the dark rums . Awesome video !
I see Anders Video, I press the like button and then I watch the video. Thanks from France for your energy, it's contagious !
For me the thing about Smith & Cross is not the overripe banana funk but the grapefruit rind bitterness. I don't care for it on it's own but since I've come to like the Jungle Bird with it's Campari bitterness, I can see how S&C could work in a sweet fruity cocktail. I don't like it in my mai tai. I use Appleton 12 and Pusser's Gunpowder Proof for that.
Anders, this is one of the best Painkiller recipes around! Thank you! I've been enjoying them (probably too much)
I've found it is also delicious with 0.5-0.75oz of mezcal, Tonka bean garnish rather than nutmeg, and a mezcal spritz to garnish. Maybe I'm a philistine for enjoying the extra smokey layers but regardless, thanks for all your work.
I, too, make a drink exactly like a Painkiller but without Pusser's Rum. Also, I have a hack for drinks that call for navy strength rum when I don't have that. If you take one-half 151 rum and one-half 80 proof rum, the result will be 115.5 proof, which qualifies as navy strength.
Wow, I’m on vacation at a cottage in the kawarthas with my bar kit and allllll the ingredients. I planned on making this tomorrow and here we are. What timing. Thanks Anders!
I think you and az are my fave bartender channel. You present the information in the best way. The history.. insight into the cocktails and the humor keep me watching! Definitely make az show her opinions! She's great!
I remember when that suing business all went down. I don't think it worked out the way they hoped it would.
This is one of my favorite cocktails to make. The guests at my bar go crazy for this one! great presentation... Thank you...
Started follow your channel a couple of months ago and soon found out that there is so much moore than Rom & Coke out there. Now I have a stacked bar, quite a few bar-tools and I have tasted far moore different kind cocktails than the first 46 years of my life. Thank you for the inspiration and keep the episodes comming.
TO THE BAR! 🥃 I love Fridays!
This trademark thing… outrageous imo
I agree. How does it work? Do you have to put aside a couple of bucks for him every time someone orders one?
@@ernestrobles1510 i mean, basically yeah. thats the idea behind having to make it with his rum.
One of my favorites for sure! I have not made this with two rums yet, so I'll definitely go that route this time. Also, Smith & Cross is my go-to sipping rum since it has so much character, and a proper sipper ABV to boot!
Since I am far too lazy to break down pineapple all the time, I find Dole juice works just fine. But I do indeed grate the nutmeg. :)
Thanks for bring this one back into the spotlight, Anders! I just so happen to have some coconut milk and a metric ton of sugar on hand for the syrup.
I made one of these last night and used the Pussers rum. It was ok. I still like the Liber & Co pina colada recipe found on their toasted coconut syrup bottle. That is a great recipe!
I started my channel with the painkiller and did not use Pussers! Well, I got a called out from the start. i just fixed it an my anniversary special! My favorite cocktail, no matter what you make it with. Mahalo for the fun video! Cheers!
I love making Painkillers in summer. I'll be throwing a party on the 4th of July...pure coincidence tbh, and I'll definitely make half a dozen in preparation for that.
Thanks for the video and I wish you a relaxing weekend!
Cheers, Joonha! Great pick for a summer drink - they'll be a hit at your party!
The whole story about why painkiller became pkny is pretty spot on. Many moons ago when I worked at the main bar of the owners they where pretty successful with the place and the painkillers was the bestseller. They changed it to avoid the lawsuit because an invester got wind of the trademarked name and the operators wanted to keep going as long as Pusser's alowed them. The investor put it to a vetoand went whith pkny. Bar remaind really profitable from what I heard. The main thing was that the maintenance was expensive and some key people left the bar in order to work at other bar(s) + the audience at the Lower east side where way different than the ones at the main bar.........
The Painkiller is the best argument against copyrighted cocktails. People claim that a copyright protects the intellectual property of the bartender, but the Painkiller copyright was claimed by someone who stole the recipe and then used it to promote their own rum. Pusser's rum gets famous while there isn't even a photograph of the Painkiller's actual creator, Daphne Henderson, anywhere online.
I really enjoy it and I call mine “Hurt Erasers” because it’s a nice conversation starter for people who are unfamiliar
“Why is the rum always gone?”
- Captain Jack Sparrow.
"Fairly warned be thee, says I"
"But the sign said all you can eat!"
Yes!
Hi, Anders and Az! Thank you so much for posting this recipe. I’ve loved the Painkiller since the first time I ever had it at Flask & Cannon in Jacksonville Beach. They go through a lot of Pusser’s there! I just made your recipe for the first time and it’s divine! I also made your Painkiller-based mocktail for my mom the other night, who doesn’t drink. She wolfed down two of them, while my dad and I had a Vieux Carré and a Creole (gettin’ ready for Mardi Gras). Thanks again!
Agree with Edurado Sanchez - Best cocktail channel on TH-cam! Thanks Anders!
I have been to Soggy Dollar Bar, and this is a great cocktail too!
So i asked you yesterday for cream of coconut, so that i can make a painkiller .And now this video, WOW!! amazing timing
Definitely on the same wavelength!
My favorite video yet! I LOVE the history lessons, especially when they’re slightly controversial like this one!
Thanks for this one Anders. I made one with Smith and Cross, El Dorado 12-year. Exquisite. I'll want one every evening, but I know better. I don't want to get tired of it.
Soggy dollar bar made me fall in love with this drink. And the beach is absolutely beautiful. Also of note another famous bar on the same beach called One Love had a very tasty frozen Bushwacker.
Awesome video all around! This is one of my favourite drinks and I’m totally making this today! The best part that I literally laughed out loud… “I love rum! There I said it!”. I too love rum and you are not alone Anders! LOL!!!
Love those storys behind the drinks 💐
This is my go to painkiller riff and one of my favorite drinks. I have a handfull of painkiller variants I keep in rotation.
Christmas in July
1 oz Dr Bird (something blended that brings funk + nose, S+C works here also as well as a bunch of much more expensive choices)
1 oz Plantation XO (anything smooth that will "get out of the way" and bring roundness to the rum blend, the dosage in this actually works well so I recommend something dosed)
1 oz Diplomatico Reserva (This one really brings out the spice)
2 oz pineapple juice
1 oz cream of coconut
.5 all spice dram
flash blend and dirty pour with pebble ice, top with crushed ice
garnish with pineapple fronds and grated nutmeg
If keeping the citrus, I find clementine juice works quite well in a painkiller but I generally do .75 vs 1 oz.
Ah yes tiki/rum season is upon us! Can't wait to see what you have in store for us in the forthcoming weeks! Cheers guys, that was a good one! 🍹
Recently discovered both your channel and the "not a painkiller". I didn't have nutmeg around when I was making it at home and threw a couple dashes of Ango on there, and it's great.
I love the painkiller but now I realize I didn't because it wasn't made with Pusser's rum! But I really do want to continue trying the painkiller and yet I don't think I have access to Pusser's rum! I love the Eldorado rum and Smith and Cross, yet it's another one we have huge trouble accessing - so frustrating. Time for a trip across the border to get some Pusser's rum and maybe I will find it more easily. Usually I dislike orange juice in any kind of cocktail but I do love this cocktail and the orange juice works beautifully! The dusting with nutmeg is so lovely! Cheers Anders! Oh - fabulous to see that you have a video dedicated to rum for this week - off to watch it!
I've been enjoying your tropical drinks lately on your channel, making me miss the hawaiian sunburn at the cheeseburger in paradise on Waikiki Beach from my last vacation
Smith and Cross is my favourite rum. I spent some time researching how to find the best navy style Jamaican rum and the results came to Smith and Cross. The company is also from Deptford and I lived just up the road from there for a long time. A fabulous rum and everyone should try it
I'm with you on the Smith & Cross, Anders. Bring on da funk! Just curious: have you tried acid-adjusted pineapple juice in this or other tiki cocktails? It's a subtle but significant improvement, in my opinion.
This is awesome, even before I watched the video! We are celebrating midsummer here in Sweden and I thought that the perfect Summer drink for me would be "NOT" a painkiller. So, long story short, I am drunk from a lot of "NOT" a painkiller!
Anders I have been dying for a painkiller....lol. I'm still going to live vicariously through you and have this drink virtually. 😂🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹. That is, until I can get into a bar somewhere here tomorrow, possibly one called Bourbon, and demand one....😂
I've been to the Soggy Dollar on several occasions and the Painkiller is amazing. You should do the NIlla Killa. It's a riff with some extra vanilla flavor in it and it"s amazing!
Just found out about this drink last week and made a batch over the weekend. I did use the Pusser's rum and fresh nutmeg. Searched for a video of you making one, but couldn't find it. Thanks for posting this today!
Good history, good humor, good drink! Keep up the fine videos!
LOVE the shirt. And I love the glass. Want one.
I made it with El-Dorado 12-Year, delicious. Thank you for the recipe.
Thanks Anders! I'm going to try this tomorrow for the 4th and I'll call it the Advanced Painkiller! :-)
I HAVE to make this for my birthday today! Thank you!!!
Enjoy! Happy birthday! 🍾
Not really a fan pf Pusser's rum, but the PK is a great drink. IIRC, the last ones I made were a split of Hamilton Overproof and Doorley's 12 year.
It felt like a history class, love it!!
I just got a bartender/mixologist job at a high end bar in my city even though I’ve never been a bartender before, only home bar, but All I learned thru the years is because of you, the educated barfly, Steve and the other TH-cam channels, I didn’t need to go to bartender school, I learned from the best!! The cocktail director at the bar saw my instagram page and was impressed, I’m starting tomorrow! If you could give me advice on something what would it be?
I have to give you credit. For almost 20 years I have been rum averse. I have regularly kept a semi-stocked home bar for making cocktails, but I almost never had a bottle of rum on hand (Which is kinda weird because I truly appreciate booze history and culture, and rum has tons of it). I think I just had one too many rum and cokes in my late-teens...
But since I have been binge watching your channel I have ended up with at least four different bottles of rum on my bar, but they've been going quickly because I have only recently discovered just how good a well-made Mai Tai can be!
Cheers to you! Happy you're rediscovering rum after all these years - here's to many more fun bottles to explore!
Its a more complex Pina Colada. Love it !
Wonderful video, the painkiller has a very special place in my heart, thank you.
I didn't realize that cocktails were trademarked. Does this apply to whether or not you can sell them by that name? Are there cocktail police that show up and give bartenders citations? I'm not a professional bartender, (my knees wouldn't hold up), but I just use the rum I have on hand. In this case I will use Hamilton demerara and Appleton Jamaican. I should draw the shades though I suppose... just in case they're watching me.
The name of a cocktail can be trademarked, not the recipe. You can make the cocktail all you want. You can use different rums. You're just not supposed to call it by the trademarked name. It's like making a lemon-lime soda, and not being allowed to call it "Sprite™"
Dark n Stormy and I believe Sazerac are others.
Introduced to the Painkiller back around 1995 at the Pusser's Rum restaurant on St. John, USVI. I barely recall them making them in varying alcohol levels. Been chasing that dragon ever since.
Great episode. Painkiller is a house favourite here. I just prefer the drink in a double old fashioned on the rocks.
Also, thanks for coming out on the rum loving. Have pride; We're with you.
I love your story telling! Can't wait to make this with my hubby. Cheers!
where do you get the cool glass containers for the juice, cream, and nutmeg!? i would love to have those!
I recently saw a tiki tock video of a painkiller be made at the soggy dollar bar and they don't use pussers they used soggy dollar dark rum.
PS I have always used S&C in my painkillers but will have to give that split base a try. Love the videos keep up the good work.
one of my all time favorites nothing beats in during the summer
Oh wow. I'm on my second for the evening (and am feeling it), the first made with Plantation Dark and Coruba Dark for some funk (I've got no Demerara rum on hand), and the second made with Appleton 8 and Sailor Jerry spiced because hey, why not. Unfortunately I'm having to use store bought juices but your recipe for cremé of coconut. Gotta say, I'm now having a VERY smooth and relaxed night. Cheers 🥂
Smith & Cross happen to be two of my best friends! Nice seeing them in the video.
I've watched a lot of your videos and honestly think this is your best one yet. I love the storytime!
Every time I see a new video from you pop up in my sub box I get excited
The painkiller was the first tiki cocktail I fell in love with and that started me down the path of tiki, which I've explored extensively since then. Still one of my most favorite tiki cocktails.
For me it was the jungle bird.
But this and the jungle bird remain my favorites.
I appreciate this channel. And I appreciate your coverage of all the best Tiki drinks. The [not actually a] Painkiller is one of the greatest.
I love rum too. I also have a cup or several cups from the soggy dollar with the recipe printed on it. I have a photo with myself and Jerry. On the shelf there are several bottles of the Soggy Dollar dark rum. But they use Old Nick Dark Rum I can't get that here so I've used Captain Morgan Black Rum and Cruzan Blackstrap. Both very heavenly molasses and vanilla flavor.
“Today I’m making a painkiller…
well it’s not actually a painkiller, it’s more my riff on a painkiller…
Actually it’s not even a riff on a painkiller it would probably be counted as a completely different cocktail…
Actually I’m not even sure this counts as a cocktail, it’s just my own invention…
Actually I’m not even sure I’m real… *cardboard cutout of Anders falls over* ”
😂
You always make me want to have a mixed drink Anders…and I’m a wine drinker.
Seeing that this video is online, just made my weekend :)
May your weekend only get better. Cheers!
Very nice drink good use of ingredients 👍
I love pina coladas too. I often core a pineapple out and use the pineapple itself as the glass at Jimmy Buffett concerts.
I enjoy both however I too prefer a good PC over the PK. I really enjoy the taste and texture of the coconut and since the PC is heavier on the coconut...winner winner, chicken dinner. Then again when I mix I use Zaya Rum for the base of the drink and a float of the Pusser's.
I can’t wait to try to make this. Thanks Anders
Doing this tonight with Denizen 8 year instead of the El Dorado. I love your channel.
I always enjoy your videos Anders. Great take on a tropical drink.
Hands down my favorite drink!
I used to work for Pusser’s. I made lots of Pusser’s Painkillers (tm). Hey, Chuck, if you are still out there, hi! The Chuck Tobias story is so typical of him.
~~Head in hand~~ I don't even drink alcohol...none, nothing, ever...and not only did I watch this great video but it made me want to try a "kainpiller".
Funny enough Anders, I was literally thinking about the Painkiller 💊 I usually add a tiny drop of spiced Tiki Fire rum in my Painkiller blend. Happy Friday bro
Love your addition David! Hope you're having a great Friday - Cheers!
I love Pina Coladas but I hate working with blenders and I love my own cracked ice, so I adapted this to make my own shaken version of it, I just switch the OJ ounce with more pineapple juice, I go a little heavier on the cream of coconut to get a little more coconut flavor (and satisfy my sweet tooth). And I keep the fresh nutmeg, it adds so much. I also almost always use S&C, but in the rare event I want a lower octane and sweeter drink I go with Plantation 5-year because it has a sharper nose than the low proof would suggest so it's not completely buried by the fruit and makes a sweeter impression, I guess thanks to the Ferrand casks.
Pusser's is good, but I hate overly litigious companies and I just can't bring myself to buy a bottle.
I made a version for my bar in PR with local rum and called it the local anesthetic
I call mine PKs, in honor of PKNY, who were the greatest victims of Pusser's overly litiguous BS.
Love it! Going to try this one next day off. I love your videos!! Thank you for sharing
Freezing the pineapple fronds????? Genius!!!! (at my home bar I save the pineapple top w fronds in a bag in the fridge, but still has pretty short life in there) Cheers